Part 1 The Joker Chapter 87 The Tingling
”Is it really settled?” Elizabeth asked back, still in a bit of disbelief.
Klein nodded with an unruffled smile:
”Yes.”
”Things weren’t difficult.”
The above sentence is a lie …… he added silently in his mind.
Maybe it was because Klein had been acting very calm, or maybe it was one of the only “floating boards”, Elizabeth didn’t doubt it anymore, patted her chest and breathed a long sigh of relief:
”Thank you, you’re such a trustworthy gentleman, I was terrified.”
”How’s Selena? Is she okay?”
”She might be out for a few minutes, but nothing else, well, being weak for two or three days is a normal thing.” When Klein said this, he suddenly put on a stern face and spoke seriously, “Who was her occult teacher? Hasn’t she been told the basic forbidden things?”
Elizabeth stood straight at once, like a student criticized by her teacher.
She mused:
”Selena mentioned that her occult teacher was Linus Vansant, a gentleman she met a year ago when she went to the Divination Club in the Howells neighborhood for a reading.”
Heinas Vicente …… He’s apparently instructing problem-free magic mirror divination, but secretly he’s teaching “black divination.” …… I should have informed the captain and checked his gas earlier! The meter …… Klein was slightly chagrined and asked in a deep voice:
”Selena’s Magic Mirror Divination was also taught by him?”
For Klein, the thing that scared him the most afterward was that it almost affected his sister Melissa!
Elizabeth carefully nodded her head:
”Yes, but Selena tried Magic Mirror Divination a few times before without success, uh, she told me today that she peeked at her teacher’s secret incantations, so it must be fine.”
作死小能手…… Klein pinched his temples with a headache and said:
”Do you remember the incantation she chanted?”
Hmmm …… Although Heinas Vansant did not take the initiative to teach Selene about the dangers, it was clear to see that he was making an attempt himself, and by invoking an unknown, hidden presence, it was only a matter of time before something went wrong, and it had to be dealt with as soon as possible to prevent the situation from worsening to the point where it affected others… …
”Remember part of it.” Elizabeth recalled, “She was using Hermetic script from within the occult, you know, I was just getting into it for a while, and I only remembered that there was ‘wandering’, ‘Infernal’, ‘Creator ‘, and the words ‘favorites’.”
Creator? The real Creator? Many underground occult enthusiasts do believe in this ancient being who is revered by a number of hidden organizations …… Yes, an ancient being who appeared at the beginning of the Fifth Age, more than a thousand years ago! Klein nodded thoughtfully:
”When Selene wakes up, you remember to ask for the full spell and then find a chance to tell me.”
”Okay.” Elizabeth replied cheerfully.
But then in a whirlwind, she opened her mouth in confusion:
”Mr. Moretti, why don’t you ask her directly?”
”I don’t really want Melissa to know that I love the occult, can you keep my secret?” Klein asked without answering.
Elizabeth bit her lower lip lightly and her eyes glowed as she said:
”No problem, Melissa does prefer the mechanical to the occult and reason to intuition.”
Klein pressed the hand holding his hat to his left breast and bowed gentlemanly:
”I appreciate your understanding, and Selena, as you know, is not one who excels at keeping secrets.”
”A more accurate description would be that she likes to share secrets with others.” Elizabeth agreed.
Klein put his hat back on and thought for a moment:
”When Selene wakes up, you remember to tell her that she suddenly fainted and broke the mirror. I think her memory must still be stuck not long after she first started the magic mirror divination.”
Seeing Elizabeth nod, he once again put on a stern face and said:
”Remember, whether you are performing divination or attempting other occult knowledge, do not pray to a being other than the seven deities! When you see a spell that doesn’t belong to this type, burn it immediately and stay away from the provider!”
”If I hadn’t realized it in time today, and had I waited another ten minutes, Selene would have become a monster and an evil spirit, and no one present would have survived, including me!”
Thinking of the grim “Selene” in the mirror, Elizabeth didn’t doubt Klein’s words at all and sighed in hindsight:
”I know, I’ll remember that, and I’ll supervise Selene as well.”
”Well, why don’t you go inside and take care of Selena.” Klein raised his silver-encrusted black cane and stepped towards the stairway.
As he walked, his eyes turned deeper, his vision inward, and in his right hand, he pulled out a one-penny copper coin and flicked it into mid-air with a pang.
”Selena is no longer a problem.”
”Selena is no longer a problem.”
……
Repeating the statement quickly, Klein reached out and caught the tumbling copper-colored coin and saw that it was George III’s head facing up.
This is not a simplification of the “Spiritual Pendulum Method”, but a simplification of the “Dreamscape Divination”. At that moment, Klein forced himself to fall asleep through meditation, and “God” traveled to the spiritual world. The front and back of the coin are outward symbols.
The avatar is correct, the numbers are wrong!
Good, no problem …… Klein let the brass-colored coin spin happily at his fingertips.
A simplification that only a “soothsayer” could accomplish.
……
Elizabeth gazed at Klein’s back, saw the fluttering pennies, saw the casual catch.
She didn’t turn into the bedroom until Klein disappeared down the stairs and saw Selena sleeping on the floor, her side covered in shards of glass.
Holding her breath, she stood on tiptoe and looked at the shards of glass to make sure that there was no longer a grim “Selena” inside and that the ceiling was reflected.
Whew, Elizabeth let her heart drop and breathed a long sigh of relief.
However, after several attempts, she was unable to help Selena to the bed and woke her up instead.
”Elizabeth …… what’s wrong with me? Drunk?” Selena asked slightly feebly, her bright eyes much dimmer and full of confusion.
Elizabeth thought for a few seconds and answered with unusual seriousness:
”No, Selene, something is wrong with you, your magic mirror divination has invited a bad presence.”
”Is that so?” Selene said as she sat weakly on the edge of the bed, assisted by Elizabeth, rubbing her temples, “I just remembered that I had just started Magic Mirror Divination.”
Elizabeth said half-heartedly:
”It was almost like you were a different person just now, the mirror was even a little different from the real you …… I got scared and, under the pretense of surprising you, took you into the bedroom, grabbed your mirror and shattered it on the carpet, and then, and then, you fainted. ”
”Goddess bless you, you’re normal now!”
”I… I don’t remember ……,” Selena murmured, her face pale.
The more she recalled, the more her head went blank and the more frightened she felt.
Subconsciously, she looked up at the desk and realized that the arrangement there was significantly different from before.
What exactly happened …… Selene thought hard, only vaguely remembering a not strong, not tall, but rather upright back in a black tuxedo and a half-height silk bowler hat.
”Selena.” Elizabeth said solemnly, “When I went to the underground trading market to buy an amulet last time, I met an occult expert who told me that no matter what, never pray to an existence other than the seven deities, or else it will inevitably lead to disaster, promise me that you won’t try it again, and just now, I don’t even know if I can save you!”
Selene was also terrified and busily nodded her head:
”No, I will never try it again!”
”Well, what exactly is the meaning of the incantation in your Magic Mirror Divination? If I have the chance to meet that occult expert again, I’ll help you ask for advice.” Elizabeth asked, pretending to be casual.
Selene rubbed her temples and thought for a moment:
”Wandering Infernal Spirit, Favorite of the True Creator, Gazing into the Eyes of Destiny.”
……
Da, da, da.
As Klein descended the stairs, he carefully straightened the folds of his clothing and patted the dust from them.
Then, removing his half-height silk bowler hat and carrying his silver-encrusted black cane, he walked slowly back to the long dining table.
”Where have you been? It’s been almost ten minutes.” Selena’s brother, Chris, who had just happened to fold, asked with a sideways glance.
Klein grinned:
”The washroom, then to the second floor to meet some of the ladies and ladies.”
”I appreciate your directness.” Chris praised with a harrumph.
With his red hair and family heirloom ungainly build, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his face and a rather competent demeanor, he was an excellent transactional lawyer.
If you knew that I went to the second floor and knocked out your sister, you certainly wouldn t have said …… that Klein said modestly:
”Just discussing some academic issues.”
The occult side of the ……
He put his hat away, returned to his seat, and waited until the next hand began, getting two bottom cards.
Cocking the corner of the edge, he saw a king of spades and an ace of diamonds.
The hand had turned out well well …… This was the reward for a good deed? Klein took out his copper coins and prepared to bet.
Since the spell was not revealed to Selene by Henneth on his own initiative, there was no need to be too eager to inform the captain …… he thought.
In the game afterward, he kept up his tight hand play, betting only when he had a good hand, and not catching bluffs he wasn’t sure of, winning and losing little overall, and winning six pence by the time he finished at half past ten.
”I won two soule eightpence.” Benson played with the bills and pennies in his hand.
”I didn’t realize you were a poker expert.” Klein complimented with a smile.
”No, I don’t really play poker, but I know that it’s the same as negotiating, you have to hide your cards, see through someone else’s cards, and then use various ways to scare him or lure him ……” Before Benson could finish, he saw Melissa and the others coming down from the second floor.
”Time to go home.” Klein said as he glanced at his sister and her best friends and rubbed his temples.
The throbbing pain in his head was still there.
Then, Klein went to the sub-washroom and with the help of a rubbing, learned the full spell from Elizabeth.
Returning to his brother and sister, he smiled and said:
”By the way, I suddenly thought of something and need to go back to the office, why don’t we go to Zoltan Street first later? It’ll be quick.”